Thoughts, Notes and General Mental Mayhem

Business Boutique: Notes & Quotes

I totally forgot to post about this event after attending in November. Maybe that’s because I feel like I sat with it so long, which is a good thing. One of the facets that I really liked about this event was that the notebook also served as a workbook. So, I’ve had it sitting out since coming back from Nashville just waiting to finish my homework. I’d intentionally set it aside for this year’s personal retreat (more on that soon!), so really, I think my conference experience just ended.

Christy Wright’s Business Boutique is a conference aimed for Christian women entrepreneurs. She started as a Dave Ramsey coach and speaker, and has now moved into this niche, which I believe will thrive. Business Boutique is extremely practical, which I appreciated most of all. And one of the most interesting pieces of the event to me was that it’s aimed at dreamers, starters and builders. The “dreamers” were the people I found most fascinating. I’d never seen a conference aimed at people who had no idea what they want to do! I talked to several of these ladies, and they confirmed that they either had a super vague idea (“I want to sell something online.”) to no idea (“I am open to anything. I just want a change.”) There were also a wide variety of women there from young moms looking for a career or something to contribute to their family, to new or established business owners, to retirees looking to begin again. It was kinda fun to hear the range of stories, backgrounds and ideas.

Outside of this two-day annual event in Nashville, she also has a really good podcast and a series of one-day events around the U.S. during 2017. Her events are extremely affordable, and a lot of fun. I’d definitely recommend this conference to other Christian women entrepreneurs!

But for now, here are just a few of my take-aways:

Christy Wright:

Your dream should be so big that if God’s not in it, you’ll fail.

If you set your goals before the why, dreams, vision, and mission statement, your goals have no soul.

You’ll be the most successful when you stay in your strengths.

Stay true to yourself by building your business around your personal values.

When talking about your business, focus on the benefit to the customer, not the features of the business. Start with why.

If you don’t believe in the goodness of business and making money, you’ll never have a good business or make money.

Turning your hobby into a business requires a mind-set shift. Its no longer a part of you. The business is its own thing.

You teach others how to value you. If you don’t value your work, no one else will.

Faith and fear require you to believe in something that hasn’t happened yet.